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Jeffrey M. Friedman (born July 20, 1954) is a molecular geneticist at New York City's Rockefeller University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has had a major role in the area of human obesity.
Friedman studies the molecular and neural mechanisms that regulate food intake and body weight. Genetic studies in mice led to the identification of leptin, a hormone made by fat tissue that plays a key role in controlling appetite and weight.
Jeffrey Friedman (March 25, 1959 – December 2, 2022) was an American political scientist and was the founder and editor of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society. Friedman majored in history and philosophy at Brown University.
Dec 4, 2022 · The distinguished political theorist Jeffrey Friedman passed away suddenly on December 2, at the far-too-early age of 63. Jeff was best-known for his work on democracy, political knowledge, and...
Jeffrey Friedman (born August 24, 1951) is an American filmmaker. In 2021, he and Rob Epstein won a Grammy Award for their work on the documentary film Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Sep 5, 2019 · Jeffrey M. Friedman, whose discovery of the hormone leptin has transformed our understanding of obesity, will be a 2020 recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. He is being honored for his discovery of a new endocrine system through which adipose tissue signals the brain to regulate food intake.
Jeffrey Friedman investigates the physiologic and neural mechanisms that regulate food intake and body weight. Specifically, Friedman and his team identified and study leptin, a hormone made by fat tissue that acts on the brain and is the afferent signal in a feedback loop maintaining body weight.
